Down the Dirt Road Blues
Charley Patton * Track #3 On Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (14 June 1929 to late November/early December 1929)
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Album Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (14 June 1929 to late November/early December 1929)
- #1
Mississippi Bo Weavil BluesCharley Patton &
- #2
Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the BluesCharley Patton
- #3Down the Dirt Road Blues
Charley Patton
- #4
Pony BluesCharley Patton
- #5
Banty Rooster BluesCharley Patton
- #6
It Won’t Be LongCharley Patton
- #7Pea Vine Blues
Charley Patton
- #8
Tom Rushen BluesCharley Patton
- #9
A Spoonful BluesCharley Patton
- #10
Shake it & Break it (But Don’t Let it Fall Mama)Charley Patton
- #11
Prayer of Death Part ICharley Patton
- #12
Lord I’m DiscouragedCharley Patton
- #13
Going To Move To AlabamaCharley Patton
- #14
Elder Greene BluesCharley Patton
- #15
Devil sent the rain bluesCharley Patton
- #16
Mean Black Cat BluesCharley Patton
Down the Dirt Road Blues by Charley Patton
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Charley PattonAbout
One of Charley Patton’s Best known songs. It was released on the Paramount Label with “It Won’t Be Long Now,‘’ as the b-side. The song talks of Patton’s desicion to leave for Native American Territory in Illinois. Patton’s loud voice and play is full center in one of his best performances. The sixti...
Down the Dirt Road Blues Lyrics
I'm goin' away, to Illinois
I'm goin' away, to Illinois
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
My rider got somethin', she's tryin'a keep it hid
My rider got somethin', she's tryin'a keep it hid
Lord, I got somethin' to find that somethin' with
I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
I feel like choppin', chips flyin' everywhere
I been to the Nation, Lord, but I couldn't stay there
Some people say them oversea blues ain't bad
(Why, of course they are)
Some people say them oversea blues ain't bad
(What was a-matter with 'em)
It must not a-been them oversea blues I had
Every day seem like murder here
(My God, I'm no sheriff)
Every day seem like murder here
I'm gonna leave tomorrow, I know you don't bid my care
Can't go down any dirt road by myself
Can't go down any dirt road by myself
(My Lord, who ya gonna carry?)
I don't carry mine, gonna carry me someone else
Down the Dirt Road Blues Q&A
Who wrote Down the Dirt Road Blues's ?
Down the Dirt Road Blues was written by Charley Patton.